China is culling pigs to control the rapidly spreading African swine flu. However, with scant regard to safety norms, India is importing pig extract from the country for use in life-saving drugs. While other nations have tightened the norms, India is yet to adopt stringent measures.

A worker sprays disinfectant at a farm in Guang'an in Sichuan province of China

What’s common among snakes, shellfish, pigs, and horses? Processed extracts from organs, fluids, and bones of these animals are used to make life-saving medicines and vaccines. These include a vital ingredient of the anti-coagulant heparin, which is used to treat heart patients; influenza vaccines; and dozens of calcium supplements that boost bone strength. If these extracts are endangered, so

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brands that are made from UDCA. That could be a pointer that not all such products sold in India are sourced from imports of extracts of healthy animals, especially when the regulators have a low bar for checking. Hence, the adoption of stricter norms is all the more mandatory to cope with the crisis. ( Graphics by Sadhana Saxena)

What’s common among snakes, shellfish, pigs, and horses? Processed extracts from organs, fluids, and bones of these animals are used to make life-saving medicines and vaccines. These include a vital ingredient of the anti-coagulant heparin, which is used to treat heart patients; influenza vaccines; and dozens of calcium supplements that boost bone strength. If these extracts are endangered, so

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brands that are made from UDCA. That could be a pointer that not all such products sold in India are sourced from imports of extracts of healthy animals, especially when the regulators have a low bar for checking. Hence, the adoption of stricter norms is all the more mandatory to cope with the crisis. ( Graphics by Sadhana Saxena)

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